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The Admiral

Posted 06 November 2008 - 02:26 PM

The Admiral

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Hi topperking99!

These files are in fact important files for removing updates, should they become problematic. You'll notice that the icons for these files and folders are slightly lighter than normal icons - this indicates that they are normally hidden. If you would like to re-hide these files and folders, simply open My Computer, go to the Tools menu and select Folder Options. Click the View tab, and look in the box of options in the bottom half of the tab. Under Hidden files and folders, click the circle next to Do not show hidden files and folders, and right below that click the box that says Hide protected operating system files (Recommended). The normally hidden files will be hidden again, and you won't see the NTUninstall or SQM files, among others.

topperking99

Posted 07 November 2008 - 10:23 AM

dsenette

Posted 07 November 2008 - 10:47 AM

dsenette

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26,038 posts

also...IF the $NtUninstallxxxx folders are taking up a large amount of space (unhide them and highlight the whole group then right click and choose properties...this will tell you the total file size) you can burn those folders off to a CD or transfer them to a different hard drive or whatever and in the event that you need to remove an update you just put them back where they started